Updated April 21, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This new feature, People-centric search (MC275345 – August) will soon roll out to Microsoft Search. This update will allow people in your organization to find content through people and understand people through their content.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 68783.
People-centric search is a pattern that lets you zoom in on a person to view, explore, and search the enterprise graph around them. This has the dual purpose of enabling you to find content through people, and to understand people through their content. When you pick a person, you will be able to search through their work; however this will only include items that you already have permissions to view or modify.
When this will happen
- Targeted release (entire org): will begin rolling out in mid-March (previously early February) and be complete in late March (previously late February). – Complete
- Standard release: will begin rolling out in mid-July (previously early April) and expect to complete rollout late July (previously mid-April).
How this will affect your organization
There is no impact as a result of this change. Once rolled out, individuals in your organization will be able to easily find content through people they work with. Users will only need to click on people suggestions in the search box and a results page will take them to a people centric view, where they can add query terms to further refine their search.
What you need to do to prepare
You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate.
Message ID: MC320462
Published: 02 February 2022
Updated: 21 April 2022
